Oxford Instruments has announced Dr Vivien Zapf as the winner of the 2010 Lee Osheroff Richardson North American Science Prize.
Dr Zapf, from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Los Alamos, is recognised for notable achievements in making the definitive experimental verification of the applicability of the Bose-Einstein condensation universality class to magnetic field-induced phases in quantum magnets, requiring the development of experimental techniques at ultra-low temperatures.
Dr Zapf was presented with the prize at the Oxford Instruments 'Socialize with Science' event at the APS2010 March show in Portland, the US.
